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Congress Reads the Constitution, Tea Party-Style

…“not trying to protect the framers of the Constitution.” James Clyburn (D-South Carolina), responded that “it could have been very educational if all the members talked about the United States Constitution as a living document, talked about how this country wrestled with things like race and gender.” A Refuge for the Powerful It could be even more educational if a central tenet of American historical writing about the Constitution—that it was mad…

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Huckabee’s Second Bapticostal Bid for the GOP Nomination

…urches, I several times heard him refer to himself as a “Bapti-costal” — a Southern Baptist with Pentecostal sensibilities. He positions himself with the Christian nation mythology, being the candidate of choice at the gatherings of Renewal Projects, which often featured Newt Gingrich’s “Rediscovering God In America” lectures. The Renewal Projects hosted “Pastors’ Policy Briefings,” and in Iowa, these gatherings were thought to be effective get-ou…

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Obama’s Pastor and the Politics of Patriotic Treason

…18—preach the gospel to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, set the captives free, offer sight to the blind, and liberate the oppressed. Fighting on for liberation (whether against slavery, legalized segregation, racial discrimination, structural poverty, or many other forms of systemic evil) has always been at the top of the ministerial agenda. Thus, to hear Dr. Wright lambaste America for its record on racial apartheid, imperialistic tendencies ab…

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